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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  February   3,    1864.— Laid 
on  the  table,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 


DecatuRj  Georgia,  January  27,  186i. 
To  the  Hon.  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Represtntatives : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  non-commissioned  oflicers  and  privates  uf  com- 
pany B,  twentieth  artillery  battalion,  Alabama  volunteert»,  called  for 
the  purpose  of  considering  the  subject  of  re-enlisting  for  the  war,  tiie 
following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  : 

Whereas,  the  present  perilous  condition  of  our  country  demauds 
that  every  true  patriot  should  be  found  at  his  post,  fronting  tho 
enemy ;  and  that  as  soldiers  of  nearly  three  years  experience,  Mhooo 
term  of  enlistment  will  soon  expire,  we  feel  that  a  failure  to  promptly 
tender  our  services,  for  such  period  as  may  be  required,  to  free  our 
beloved  land  from  the  presence  of  a  merciless  invader,  or  iill  a  sol- 
dier's grave,  would  exhibit  a  want  of  patriotism  and  personal  courage 
not  to  found,  we  hope,  in  any  army  in  the  Confederate  States  ;  there- 
fore, be  it 

Resolved^  That  we  re-enlist  for  the  war. 

Resolved,  That,  appealing  to  Heaven,  with  a  firm  reliance  in  the 
justice  of  our  cause,  we  will  never  lay  down  our  arms  until  the  last 
invader  shall  have  been  expelled,  and  the  battle  cross  of  the  South 
float  triumphantly  over  every  foot  of  southern  soil. 

Resolved,  That  the  efficiency  of  our  army,  in  our  opinion,  would  be 
materially  promoted  by  the  passage  of  an  act  of  Congress  granting  to 
all  three  years'  men  the  privilege  of  a  re-election  of  field  and  com- 
pany officers  upon  their  re-enlisting  for  the  war. 

Resolved,  That  our  thanks  be,  and  are  hereby,  tendered  to  Captain 
Bellamy  and  the  rest  of  our  commissioned  officers,  for  the  courtesy 
they  have  manifested  towards  us,  in  offering  to  submit  to  a  re-election 
of  officers,  should  such  be  ordered  by  Congress,  and  we,  by  re-enlist- 
ing at  this  time,  be  debarred  that  privilege. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  each  of  the 
daily  papers  at  Columbus,  Georgia,  with  a  request  that  they  publish 
the  same  ;  and  also  a  copy  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  and  one  to 
the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Confederate  States. 

T.  J.  FLAKE,  President. 

E.  M.  HoRREL,  Secretary. 


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